1、During the early part of the 21st century, the change that most affected everyday life was the growth of the telecommunications network. Before 2000 a network existed, but it was small in scale and carelessly realized, focusing the attention of users as much on the medium as the message. By 2030 eve
2、ry room with the standard equipment could be linked to any monitored (监控) public space, or any private space for which the viewer had access rights. The image was clear, firm, and immediate, providing an experience almost equal to looking through a window. In addition, the user had access to large a
3、nd wide libraries of documents, art, recorded music, films, personal broadcasts, and computer software. All these were controlled and navigated (操纵) through a mixture of conversation and visual indexing（索引的） services. The skills required by users were more like social conventions than technical proc
4、edures. Little by little, the digital world had become normal. When the first houses were built they must have been dismal（阴沉的） places, crowded and dark, useful only as a means of shelter. Their owners would have been shocked at the idea that one day people would spend most of their time indoors. Si
5、milarly, it was assumed that in the 20th century the digital world offered only a poor experience, one that would always remain distance to reality. By 2030 this had stopped to be an issue, especially among the young. People used digital and real communication interchangeably, often using videophone
6、 to connect two rooms in the same housenot because they were too lazy to walk along a corridor, but because it made no difference.1. What was the network mainly used as before the 21st century?_2. The image was clear, firm, and immediate, providing an experience almost equal to looking through a win
7、dow. (改写成一个含有定语从句的复合句)_3. Similarly, it was assumed that in the 20th century that the digital world offered only a poor experience, one that would always remain distance to reality. （完成句子）Similarly, assuming in the 20th century _ _ _ offered only a poor experience, _ would always remain distance to reality.4. 翻译划线部分的句子_1. The tools of passing information. 2. The image was clear, firm, and immediate, which provided an experience almost equal to looking through a window. 3. the digital world; which 4. 人们用电子真正地相互交流，经常用可视电话把同一个屋子的两个房间连接起来这不是因为他们太懒不愿走过走廊，而是因为这样没有什么区别。
